NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Pace University field hockey team came out on top by a score of 3-2 in a Northeast-10 Conference road contest at Southern Connecticut State University Tuesday evening at Jess Dow Field. With the win, the Setters clinch their first-ever .500-or-better season as a varsity program.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Owls put up the first goal of the game off a penalty corner in the 13th minute of the game when Bailey McGinnis scored off assists from Zoe Fanolis and Alicia Morgan.
- A little over five minutes later, the Setters put themselves on the board with a goal scored by sophomore
Halley Rose (Dauphin, PA/Central Dauphin) off an assist from freshman
Rachel Beam (Red Hook, NY/Stissing Mountain).
- Sophomore
Carly Corbett (Brewster, NY/Brewster) assisted fellow sophomore
Katrina Mikitish (Pittston, PA/Pittston Area) for a late first half goal on a shot from the right side of the circle to give Pace a one-score advantage heading into halftime.
- Corbett then blasted in her own goal in the 38th minute of the game off a rebound at the right of the cage to push the Setters' lead to 3-1.
- SCSU scored the last goal of the game in the 59th minute, but it was not enough as the Setters were able to hold the Owls off the board the rest of the way.
PACE LEADERS
- Rose, Mikitish and Corbett each scored a goal in the Setter victory.
- Rose extends her new program records with her 11th goal and 25th point.
- Beam and Corbett each registered an assist.
- Junior goalkeeper
Lesly Sanchez Alvarez (Stamford, CT/Stamford) stopped five shots to improve to 9-8 on the year.
RECORDS
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Pace: 9-8 (5-6 NE-10)
- SCSU: 4-13 (2-9 NE-10)
COMING UP NEXT
- The Setters will close out the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 29 when they host No. 5 Stonehill College in an NE-10 matchup at Peter X. Finnerty Field. The game is set to begin at 2 p.m.
- Saturday will also be Senior Day, as the Setters honor their first-ever graduating senior,
Brittany Predmore (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Township), in a ceremony prior to the start of the game.
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www.PaceUAthletics.com, like the official Facebook page,
Pace Field Hockey, and follow on Twitter (
@PaceFieldHockey).
